Does Sampler 16 have somethng new that worth trying ?

I personally find Sampler quite awkward.  Most of what  it’s supposed to do  is easier to do in Painter.  So it looks a bit like an extra leg.      It’s besides the fact all Sampler  tools do not exactly what you wanted  but rather its own something.  Starting with depth combine. 

 Same as default  Painter tools to be honest.   All those gazillion sliders you have no idea  how they work deep down  and what actually happening   that altogether  drives your hand for you  vs  proper other way around.   But at least its comparatively easy to do  your own sbsar tools  for Painter and live with that.  

Whenever I try  Sampler   I have to fight with it . it’s always a certain naive look  in materials I couldn’t weed out  because of a lack of exact  control.    Especially with everything AI driven. AI rather drives me mad always doing something super repetitive, naive   or in case  of photo to height  something smooth, bloated  and unnatural.    Maybe embroidery tool do nice  and that’s all. 

So can someone  tell me what might I be missing please.  Anything  cool in v16 ?  Like resent ribbon  brushes in Painter?  

I am sorry I have no more stamina to dig  it out myself  after years of all the empty  content creation  software promises so if anyone could share some cool experience  It would be really nice.